TI-99/4A

Centipede

Trivia

Centipede was named #19 in the “Top 25 Atari 2600” Games poll in Retro Gamer Magazine (Issue 46).

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on May 01, 2008.

As can be expected with an Atari game, Centipede was ported to the Lynx, but never released. Perhaps they thought it had seen enough platforms already.

DC Comics created a Centipede comic that was included with Atari's Centipede game. Here is that comic from AtariAge.com.

Contributed by LepricahnsGold (42933) on Feb 28, 2006.

Centipede was one of the "Fabulous Eleven" launch games for the Atari 7800.

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on Jun 13, 2005.

Centipede was popular enough to have a song inspired by it on the full-length "Pac-Man Fever" album - "Ode To A Centipede".

There were two Centipede posters that Atari. One of them had a blurry picture of a naked woman covered in green slithering out of some mushrooms! Too risky it was, so they dropped it and released the other.

The PC port of Centipede is extremely small--the entire program code and graphics fit into 20k.

Contributed by Trixter (8865) on May 26, 1999.